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NEWS 10/26/11 2:17pm

Top-6: recipes with an autumn twist

It's the season for colder days and crunchy leaves. It's time for sweaters, boots and scarves. Fall is also a great time for delicious seasonal foods such as pumpkins and squash, apples and pears and hot beverages for those colder days.


NEWS 10/26/11 2:13pm

The 'lifer,' McKeon reflects on 62 years in professional baseball

Jack McKeon, 81, leans back and takes a puff of his ever-present Padron cigar. He stares off into a cloud of smoke, seemingly searching through an endless hoard of baseball stories — maybe the memory of winning the World Series in 2003 or perhaps the slog of rookie ball in the Midwest. Chuckling to himself, he returns from his reverie. "Could you, the Blessed Virgin Mary, intercede with the Lord and convince my father to let me sign a professional contract?" McKeon recalls praying. It was 1948, McKeon's freshman year at The College of the Holy Cross.


NEWS 10/26/11 2:06pm

Balancing act: Soccer captain focuses on academics, athletics

James Carroll sings for fun, flies remote-controlled planes, develops algorithms and has received several academic awards. He is also a co-captain of the Elon University men's soccer team. A senior midfielder, Carroll is seen as a leader on and off the field by his teammates and coach. "He's very reliable," head coach Darren Powell said.


NEWS 10/26/11 2:04pm

Men's soccer unable to finish off Georgia Southern

he Elon University men's soccer team will play its final home game of the season at 7 p.m. Saturday against rival UNC Greensboro. The team is coming off a loss in which it was unable to protect a 2-1 lead late in the second half and fell to Georgia Southern University 4-2 Oct.


NEWS 10/26/11 1:57pm

Phoenix done playing blame game

Heading into this weekend's showdown in Spartanburg, S.C. against Wofford College, Elon University football head coach Jason Swepson said his players have to "overcome the negative vibe" surrounding the team after it has dropped the last two games. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga spoiled Elon's Homecoming game Saturday in Rhodes Stadium by defeating the Phoenix 42-18. Or maybe Elon spoiled its own Homecoming.


NEWS 10/26/11 11:32am

Sports Jam - Oct. 26, 2011

http://stream.elon.edu/pendulum/2011fall/podcasts/sports/Sports_10.27.mp3 Justin and Zach discuss the struggles of Elon football, the big shake-ups in the polls of national college football and the NBA canceling two more weeks of the season.


NEWS 10/26/11 11:28am

Amuse Yourself - Oct. 26, 2011

http://stream.elon.edu/pendulum/2011fall/podcasts/a_e/A_E_10.26.mp3 This week, Lauren talks about this week and next week's events and revisits "Hair" as it debuts at Elon.


NEWS 10/25/11 3:21pm

Freshman appreciates university cultural events

When she arrived at Elon, freshman Sam Mairson planned to complement her formal education with extensive extracurricular participation. What she didn't anticipate was discovering she wouldn't have the money to stay. "It was horrifying not having the financial security I thought I was going to," Mairson said.



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